Networking

We've seen Ronn Moss perform great feats of face-acting as Ridge
Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful (4.30pm,
weeknights on Ten). We've seen him ride like the Man from Snowy
River towards Blue Heelers' Simone McAullay in the
Berri juice ad. We've seen him handing out prizes at the 2004
Logies. But sing? The chiselled one is appearing in concert at the
Forum on Saturday night, performing songs from his album, Ronn
Moss Uncovered, including his single Sharp Dressed
Man. To win one of five double passes to see Ronn rock out,
send an email to greenguidecomp@theage.com.au with
your name, address and phone number, by 5pm tomorrow and answer
this question: what is the first name of Ridge's wife who came back
from the dead?

Homicidal happenings

Who says South Australia is the home of the murky murder
mystery? Two grisly Victorian murders will be profiled on Seven's
Forensic Investigators, screening on Wednesdays at 9.30pm.
"Who Killed Paul Snabel?" is the story of a dangerously desperate
housewife in the Strzelecki Ranges, which airs on September 13.
"The Tuan Kidnap and Murder", about a bungled daylight kidnapping
in Melbourne, airs on September 20. And when host Lisa McCune isn't
busy providing stern voiceovers to accompany re-enactments, she's
out doing what ordinary folk do - and not just shopping at Coles.
The former Blue Heeler was spotted queueing up with the
rabble at the Rod Laver Arena for The Boy from Oz.

Falconio on film

More real-life crime spine-tinglers are in store with Ten's
To Catch a Killer, the story of the disappearance of
British backpacker Peter Falconio, filming in Sydney this week. The
cast includes Asher Keddie, John Wood and Bryan Brown. British
actor Joanne Froggatt will play Falconio's girlfriend, Joanne
Lees.

Working girls

Despite a rather alarming headline in a Melbourne tabloid
recently, Satisfaction, the new series from producer Roger
Simpson (Stingers, Halifax f.p.), is not a reality show
about prostitution. The 10-episode drama series is, however, set in
a brothel and revolves around the lives of a group of city working
girls. Simpson, who is embarking on his first drama for Foxtel, and
his first project since splitting with production company Simpson
Le Mesurier, told Networking that Satisfaction
will offer "a bit of an insight into men and women and sex" and is
about "the prostitution in us all". Satisfaction is
expected to air in 2007.

One-eyed loyalty to SBS

Some SBS fans are so loyal, they will tune in even when the
network goes off air. A broadcast of the canoeing world
championships in Prague was interrupted last Sunday, August 27,
when a failure of the internal power supply at the Artarmon
headquarters in Sydney took SBS off air from about 11.05am until
12.45pm. But a ratings report showed that 2000 Melburnians were
still watching their screens during the blackout for signs of
canoeing activity. Luckily, 9000 Melbourne motorheads were able to
catch some of Speedweek when transmission resumed.

Wedge drives through

The Wedge (Tuesdays, 8.30pm, Ten) has been deemed funny
and popular enough for a second season. Filming will begin in
September. And Ten's improvisation sketch show Thank God You're
Here is also back for a second run. The first comedians to
step up on Wednesday at 7.30pm are Anh Do, Tony Martin, Cal Wilson
and Hamish Blake.

Finally, Sopranos returns

Fans of The Sopranos, weep no more. Nine has finally
inserted the sixth series into its schedule, bringing Tony and clan
back to our screens from Wednesday, September 20.

FROM THE VAULT

No boy should have a $95 shirt unless he is on stage with his
four brothers!
- Cliff Huxtable, The Cosby Show

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